India, Nov. 3 -- Srinagar MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi on Tuesday resigned from his Lok Sabha seat as well as the National Conference ending a bitter stalemate and accusing the party leadership, particularly chief minister Omar Abdullah, of betraying its promises to fight for the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir's special status, even as the BJP said it had no involvement in the regional party's internal rift.

Mehdi announced his decision at a rally in Budgam, held on the 26th death anniversary of his father, Aga Mehdi, who was killed in a terror attack in 2000. He handed his party resignation letter to Mohammad Ashraf Mattu, father of teenager Tufail Mattu, whose 2010 death sparked widespread protests during Omar Abdullah's previous tenur...